I can't afford to buy that.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
买不起
cannot afford
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
cannot afford
02
can't afford buying
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 买不起 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 买不起 appears in 21 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I can't afford a car.
I could not afford to buy a bicycle.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 买不起.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 买不起.
Directly before
- 我买不起12
- 他买不起5
- 所以买不起1
- 都买不起1
- 汤姆买不起1
Directly after
- 买不起新2
- 买不起那个2
- 买不起车2
- 买不起汽车1
- 买不起自行车1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 买不起
What does 买不起 mean in Chinese?
买不起 (mǎibuqǐ) means cannot afford.
How do you pronounce 买不起?
买不起 is pronounced mǎibuqǐ.
Is 买不起 an HSK word?
买不起 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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